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More frustration, but we’re moving on!!!

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

Heyyyyyy wooorrrrrrrlllllddddd!!!

Well, back in O-town after a long, frustrating stay in Charlotte, but I’m not hear to gripe and complain because we won the series and that was the goal all along.

Like I have said dozens of times already, this is about so much more than just me and me being frustrated. We’re trying to win that gold ball and bring that ‘chip back to Orlando for all the Magic fans out there.

Yeah, we’re the first team in the second round, but we’re still flying under the radar on a national scene and that’s probably a good thing. We made it all the way to the Finals last year and nobody wanted to give us our cred as a good team, but we’re fine with that. Ask any team in the league about us and they give us our respect. We’re not about to let our heads blow up. We’re going to keep a low profile and just keep pushing towards that championship.

Ya’ll know that that series against Charlotte drove me crazy. I mean it was almost comical at times how I was getting fouls called on me. There was nothing I could do our there and I felt like I couldn’t even move without getting that whistle blown on me.

I’m not looking to say anything to get myself in trouble with the league, but I just don’t see other star players getting called for fouls the way I get them. No star player in the league is outta games the way I am. I even talked to Pat Ewing about his career and he said he never had foul trouble like what I’m going through.

I gotta say this is the most frustrating stretch of my career. I’ve never been through four games in a row like that. But hey, we won the series and we’re moving on. I’m so so so hoping that things will be different next series against ATL or Milwaukee.

The good news is we’re getting some time off to rest our bodies. Stan promised us two days off if we won last night, so I’m planning to chill these next two days. It’s not even really like I need the time off considering how little I have played lately. I’m sure I’ll get in a lift and shoot some free throws tomorrow just to work off some of this frustration.

It’s all good, and I’m happy to be moving on to the second round. We’re the first Magic team to sweep four games, so that’s pretty cool. I’ll be ready for the next round, make some changes and take out my frustration on whoever we play next.

Peace out!!!

DWIGHT

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Win a $500 Adidas shopping spree with me!!!

Thursday, April 15th, 2010

Heyyyyy wooooorrrrrllld!!! Hope you guys all heard about me starting up the Dwight Howard Fund to help the kids in Haiti. I’ve been getting a good reaction from from some of the people around Orlando, and I just want to make sure the word gets out to everybody out there across the country and around the world. Y’all wouldn’t believe the fans who love the Magic in China!!! They know more about the Magic than I do, and I play here!!!

Anyway, to make sure that we get lots of people joining in to donate to the Fund, we’re offering up two ways to win a $500 Adidas shopping spree with yours truly. It’s going to be tight and the shopping sprees will let a couple of fans freshen up their wardrobes with new adidas gear for the summer.

For everybody who donates $2.99 to my Haiti fund, your name will be entered into a drawing. One winner will get the coolest shopping spree ever with me down in O-town.

Then, for the person who recruits the most people to donate will also get to go on another Adidas shopping spree with me. How cool is that? We’ll pick out the coolest gear, I’ll throw in some of my shoes and T-shirts and we’ll have a blast.

I hope you guys can see how serious I’m taking this. My teammate, Adonal Foyle, really opened my eyes to how much those kids over in Haiti still need our help and I want to make this a huge success. I tried to get it jump-started with a $100,000 donation, and now I’m hoping with all the help from y’all that we can double that.

For info on how to contribute, you can go to www.dwighthowardfund.org

I did have some fun at Adonal’s gala when I went up to make my announcement and told everybody that I was retiring from the NBA to start my own team in China. I think I had some people going for it, but apparently they forgot how I like to have fun and laugh as much as possible.

Not sure if they keep records for fundraisers and these kinds of things, but I want to break the record to get the most people to contribute to my fund so we can help the kids out in Haiti. This is a small way that all of us can make a big difference to people who need it the most.

So make a donation and maybe while you’re doing something good for those in need and maybe you can win that tight shopping spree with me!!!

—DWIGHT

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Help me help the kids of Haiti!!!

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

Heyyyyyy wooorrrrld!!! A big, big announcement today for everybody out there and I’m really going to need y’all’s help and support to make this a big-time success.

We’re launching the Dwight Howard Fund to try and help Haitian kids affected by the earthquake back in January. I made the announcement Tuesday night at Adonal Foyle’s Gala Dinner because Adonal’s Kerosene Lamp Foundation is going to help me manage the foundation.

Adonal has been a real mentor to me, and I wanted to use his experience to make sure our fund really makes a difference the way his does.

Not bragging or anything, but I made an initial donation of $100,000 to help the at-risk Haitian children affected by January’s earthquake there. That’s just the start of what I want to try and do for that country because they really need our help.

I spent a couple of weeks in South Africa last summer with Dikembe Mutombo and Chris Bosh and it made a huge impact on my life and how I look at things. I want to use my name and everything in my power to help people and make a difference. Us in the NBA, we have it so good and we complain sometimes over the smallest stuff. So I want to do what I can spread some goodwill to people who need it the most.

Haiti seemed like the perfect place to start and a place that really needs the help. They were a poor country and then they had the devastating earthquake, so they need a lot of help. There have been a lot of relief efforts in Haiti already but there’s still a lot of work to do there, especially with the children.

That’s where I need all of my fans out there to help me. I’m just one dude and I can only do so much, but if all the Magic fans and all the Dwight fans come together I feel like we can make a big difference.

We’re trying to raise another $100,000 for Haiti’s children. And I’m going to throw in a couple of personal shopping sprees with yours truly if you will help out.

For everybody who donates $2.99 to the cause, your name will be entered into a drawing. One winner will get a $500 Adidas shopping spree with me in Orlando. And the person who recruits the most people to donate will also get to go on another $500 Adidas shopping spree with me in Orlando. You can go to www.dwighthowardfund.org or www.pinkdingo.com/dhf for details and to donate.

We might have to wait until late June to go on the shopping spree because I’m hoping to be busy these next couple of months trying to win my first championship.

I just hope everybody gets involved with this because it’s a great cause and you can possibly get to meet yo’ boy in person and get some fresh Adidas gear to go along with it. I’m very much behind my Fund, and I hope you guys will join me in helping make a difference around the world.

Well, I’m outta here. Make sure y’all spread the word about this fund to everyone you know. I want to try do everything I can to raise money and help some people that really need our assistance.

Peace!

—DWIGHT

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My E-bay auction, meeting Brandon and my big announcement!!!

Monday, April 12th, 2010

Heyyyyyy wooorrrrrrlldddd!! We got us another win in Cleveland yesterday and we’re in Indiana tonight. We didn’t play great on Sunday and I’ve got to admit it was kind of a letdown for our team when the Cavs didn’t play all of their guys, but a win is a win.

If we win our last two games, we’ll finish with the second best record in the NBA. That could be really big if we get back to the Finals again because it wold mean we would have homecourt advantage. Trust me, after starting in the Finals in LA last spring, we want to be in Orlando if we get there again. That could mean all the difference in the world. We want that championship so bad, so we’ll take any advantage that we can get right now.

I got a lot of stuff for you guys that I need to mention today, and I don’t really even know where to start.

First, here’s the memorabilia that we’re putting up on E-bay for the next seven days for you fans. Remember, a big chunk of the proceeds from this is going to fund the scholarship program for my summer kids basketball camps in Orlando and Atlanta. Here are the items:

My All-Star jersey.
Four Commander T-shirts.
A complete pair of SM TS Bounce Commander shoes.
Two complete pairs of TTS Bounce Commander shoes.
And another complete pair of AST NBS Bounce ARTI shoes.

I also wanted to tell you guys about getting to meet 21-year-old Brandon Young the other day at our practice. Brandon suffers from Cerebral Palsy and Epilepsy and he’s blind in one eye. He got to hang out with us at practice the other day and I took him out on the court to shoot free throws with me.

All of the things that Brandon goes through on a daily basis, I don’t know I could handle it if I was in his position. But it’s so great to see him smile. The affect that we as professional athletes can have, sometimes we don’t realize what just saying “hello’’ could have an impact on someone’s life.

Brandon was so excited and jumping for joy, just being out there with us, making a shot and meeting all of the guys. Meeting someone in his position being so happy really had an effect on me the last few days.

We have to be thankful for living and having a good life. I was just thinking how life could be a lot worse and we complain sometimes over the little things. But here’s a guy who is 21 years old and he has a lot of things going on health-wise and instead of him pouting or acting upset, he’s smiling and having fun.

So maybe that’s today’s less for all of us: Be happy with what you have and realize how fortunate you are.

And my last thing today is telling y’all about the announcement that I will be making Tuesday night at Adonal Foyle’s Charity Gala Dinner. It’s going to be huge. We’re going to make an announcement about helping some people in need, and we need y’all’s help too. There will be some hot prizes and a chance to meet yours truly if you get involved.

So check back here on Tuesday and Wednesday and we’ll give you more info on the big announcement coming Tuesday night at Adonal’s gala.

Peace out.

—DWIGHT

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No T’s for me!!!

Friday, April 9th, 2010

Heyyyyyyy woooorrrrrrldddddd!!! Hope everybody out there is doing great.

We’re rolling right along here, trying to finish the regular season really strong so that when we get to the playoffs we have it going on all cylinders. The great thing in our locker room is that everybody knows there is only one goal and we’re not stopping until we get that ‘ship.

We beat Washington on Wednesday, we’ve got the Knicks tonight and then we play in Cleveland and Indy on Sunday and Monday for our last back-to-back of the season. We close with Philly next Wednesday and then it’s live for the playoff time.

We’ve tied the Lakers in the standings and we want to pass them so if we get lucky enough to get back to the Finals we could have homecourt advantage. It’s crazy how games against the Knicks, Pacers and Sixers could come down to determining the Finals, but that’s just proof that every game that we play means something.

I think we’ve done a good of focusing on finishing strong, but I gotta tell you that I’m so hyped and ready for the playoffs to start. Last spring was so much fun, making that deep run, and I’m just eager to get it started again.

Everybody has been asking me what’s been different lately with me not picking up any Ts. I’ve had some really frustrating games, but I’ve worked hard on trying to not get frustrated and lose my composure. I know my team needs me out there on the floor, so I can afford to miss time because of something silly.

I guess I have been eight games now without a T. (I hope that I’m not jinxing myself for tonight against the Knicks). I just decided I wasn’t going to keep giving back money and I was going to stop getting so mad out on the court. And my teammates have done a good job of staying in my ear and talking to me and helping me stay calm out on the court.

I still say people don’t understand the beating that I take during games. They would get upset too if they were pushed and grabbed and whacked all game long. It’s like because I’m bigger that it should OK for people to take swings at me. But I’m trying to keep my cool better.

People don’t understand that I play my best when I’m happy and having fun. When I’m angry I’m thinking too much about what I’m going to do to that guy across from me. It gets me distracted from what we’re trying to do and I lose my focus.

So if you see me out there smiling, that usually means we’re winning and I’m having a good game. A lot of people taking my smiling the wrong way, acting like I’m just goofing off and I’m too nice on the court. If ya’ll think that ask the dudes who have to guard me if I’m too nice.

Well, I just wanted to explain my side of things. I’m trying to stay positive and keep us rolling into the playoffs. We just have to stay focused on the task at hand and keep playing these remaining few games hard because you never know which one could impact us in the Finals.

God bless, and y’all have a good weekend!!!

—Dwight

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